Wedding Bliss Made Easier – Change of Name After Marriage

Posted on March 26, 2010 by Calissa Leigh

Getting married takes a lot of preparation, but what about after marriage? One of the most important steps is often forgotten about until after the wedding bells have been packed away. How do you change your last name after getting married?

It may seem easy at first, but there’s a lot of paperwork to fill out. You must fill out forms for the Social Security office, for bank accounts, credit cards, insurance policies, magazine subscriptions, your work place and more. There’s a lot of forms and a lot of paperwork for a new bride to go through to legally change your name after marriage.

One company is making it easier for new brides to fulfill the paperwork after marriage. Danielle Tate shares her tips from her experience as president of MissNowMrs, the premier online name-change service for brides.

How to change name after marriage

Here are a few tips on name change in 2010:

1. Hyphenation is a thing of the past. Most brides are taking their maiden names as new middle names or adding their spouse’s last name to theirs without a hyphen.

2. Did you know that you can start the name-change process prior to your wedding? Using MissNowMrs.com will allow you to complete all of your name-change forms before your wedding so all you have to do after your honeymoon is click Print and mail out or file your forms.

3. We recommend requesting 2-3 copies of your marriage certificate. This will allow you to file multiple forms at the same time and streamline the name-change process.

4. If you are changing your name, let your families and bridesmaids know to avoid mis-monogrammed items as gifts.

5. Be sure to book you honeymoon reservations in your maiden name (since most brides don’t have time to file for a new driver’s license or Passport before the honeymoon). This will help you avoid travel disaster and not being able to board your flight.

MissNowMrs now offers to sponsor a giveaway right here at GGB. (It’s a Geek. It’s a Girl. It’s a Blog.) Know someone getting married soon or getting married soon yourself? Here’s a chance to win one of five gift cards.

You Could Win A Gift Card From MissNowMrs
(A $30 Value)

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We have five gift cards to give away, thanks to MissNowMrs. The gift cards are great for yourself if you have or will be getting married, or as a gift to someone else you know.

To win, post a comment to this blog post.

Tell us about the best or worst last name or first and last name combination that you’ve heard about. Helen Church? Funny, sad or just plain crazy, I want to hear about it.


Make sure to register with this site, or post a method of contact for me to be able to reach you. I will contact you by your provided email address if you’ve been selected as a winner, and there will be an additional blog post announcing the winner here. (I don’t keep emails or collect them for any other purpose other than giveaways.)

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Rules and the legal bits: You must be 18 or older to participate and live inside the United States. Five gift cards will be given away in a random drawing from those who have posted in the comments here.

The contest ends April 9th, 2010. Tell your friends, tell your family. Remember to check back to see who wins.

Thank you, MissNowMrs, for being a great service to new brides and for sharing the chance to win a gift card to readers! Be sure to visit the website, the Twitter page or become a fan on Facebook!

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26 Responses to Wedding Bliss Made Easier – Change of Name After Marriage

  2. Linda Lansford says:
    March 28, 2010 at 8:10 pm

    daniel boone

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  3. Vickie Couturier says:
    March 28, 2010 at 10:50 pm

    My son will be married this fall ,so his fiance can sure use this
    vlbelk(at)hotmail.com

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  4. Vickie Couturier says:
    March 28, 2010 at 10:52 pm

    I am a facebook fan,I forgot to say the funniest name ive heard would be my aunt who’s name is Fanny an she married a man whos last name is Free,so backwards its Free,Fanny!

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  5. Vickie Couturier says:
    March 28, 2010 at 10:53 pm

    I follow on twitter @vickiecouturier
    vlbelk(at)hotmial.com

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  6. Janna Johnson says:
    March 29, 2010 at 5:35 am

    Becky Boring!

    Thanks for entering me! Great Contest!

    Janna Johnson
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  8. Karen P says:
    March 30, 2010 at 7:54 am

    I had a friend in high school whos last name was Hymen. I thought that was pretty terrible.

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  9. Monique Rizzo says:
    March 31, 2010 at 7:39 pm

    The funniest I have heard is Chip Endale. Thanks for the chance.
    mogrill@comcast.net

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  10. Chelsea Fetch says:
    April 2, 2010 at 12:54 am

    I heard of a couple who were having kids…they actually thought of naming the boy Harry. Last name: Bawls.

    Reply
  11. Emily R. says:
    April 2, 2010 at 6:55 pm

    This would be great to win for my sister who got married last month:)

    mscoffee77(AT)juno(DOT)com

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  12. Kimberly says:
    April 7, 2010 at 4:17 pm

    I am not looking forward to all of the paperwork. It’s much more fun picking out the flowers. :) I think the worst name I’ve heard in a while was someone with the last name Shell naming their son Turtle.

    Reply
  13. Mel W says:
    April 8, 2010 at 1:55 am

    Rosie Rinker. Getting married in October so this would be great!

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  14. Danielle says:
    April 8, 2010 at 4:01 pm

    Worst last name…my first husband’s – Wenerowicz
    Getting married again in September, much better man and last name this time :)

    Reply
  15. Danielle says:
    April 8, 2010 at 4:05 pm

    Following RSS, FB, and Twitter :)

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  16. Tiffany Pettey says:
    April 8, 2010 at 10:03 pm

    THE WORST I HAVE HEARD IS PEARL PETTEY IT JUST HAS AN AWFUL RING TO IT

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  17. Jennifer gersch says:
    April 9, 2010 at 9:20 am

    my maiden name twark sounds like a science fiction name

    Reply
  18. Katelynn Stuber says:
    April 9, 2010 at 4:24 pm

    I went to school with a guy named Bait. His last name was “Lamaster.” When attendance was called our study hall teacher read of his list exactly as written, which was last name first. Everytime he said “Lamaster Bait” everyone would start cracking up laughing! I have ALWAYS felt bad for this guy. He started going by “Bucky” instead of Bait just to avoid this. I’ll tell you one thing— his parents either did not think it through…or they were REALLY mean parents!!!!!!

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  19. Katelynn Stuber says:
    April 9, 2010 at 4:26 pm

    I forgot to say I’m getting married July 3rd, 2010. This prize would be greatly appreciated!!! Thanks so much!!!

    Reply
  20. Jen says:
    April 9, 2010 at 8:13 pm

    Chris Chrisman! Can’t imagine.. and his sister was named Christine..

    Reply
  21. Robert M. says:
    April 9, 2010 at 8:14 pm

    Jolene Mammad. Her nickname quickly became Jo Mamma….

    Reply
  22. Lily Kwan says:
    April 10, 2010 at 5:42 am

    I once heard about a joke about the author of a book called “Being Prepared” named Justin Case.

    Reply
  23. Lily Kwan says:
    April 10, 2010 at 5:44 am

    I subscribed to your feed.

    Reply
  24. Lily Kwan says:
    April 10, 2010 at 5:45 am

    I became your Facebook fan.

    Reply

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